Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Brandt Johnson
Cobi says: “A friendly, earnest celebration of grammar and wordplay. The crowd I saw it with absolutely loved it; every pun landed, and it was fun to feel the room respond. “For me, the concept didn’t deepen much beyond its
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Director: Lav Diaz
Starring: Amado Arjay Babon | Ângela Azevedo | Dario Yazbek Bernal | Gael García Bernal | Hazel Orencio
Vicki says: “A sweeping epic about Magellan that goes on for way too long. Apparently it is one of Philippine director, Lav Diaz’s shorter films. “It does not hold back from depicting the horrors of the two pivotal wars in
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Nnamdi Asomugha
Starring: Aiden Gabrielle Price | Aja Naomi King | Amari Alexis Price | Manny Jacinto | Melissa Leo | Nnamdi Asomugha
Michael says: “There’s a lot about THE KNIFE that impressed me. A complicated tale of a young, black family doing their best to climb the ladder and live the American dream. That dream turns into a nightmare when the patriarch
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Adam Driver | Cate Blanchett | Charlotte Rampling | Indya Moore | Lukka Sabbat | Miyam Bialik | Tom Waits | Vicky Krieps
Diane says: “I think how you much you like Jim Jarmusch’s triptych will depend on your own family dynamics. Are get-togethers awkward, with long silences? Are you boisterous and demonstrative? How well do you know your parents and siblings? “In
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Starring: Adèle Exarchopoulos | Gabin Visona | Jérôme Commandeur | Karim Leklou | Sandrine Kiberlain
Chris says: “A social media satire that might’ve seemed fresh had it come out a decade earlier, but Dupieux/Exarchopoulos is turning out to be as inspired and correct a pairing as Scorsese/De Niro (and no one has ever rocked a
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jeffrey Scotti Schroeder
Starring: Brandon Wardell | David Zayas | Kareem Rahma | Mary Neely | Tim Griffin Allan
Michael says: “Well-written, well-acted (both by Mary Neely and Kareem Rahma) two-hander that follows a familiar path — two strangers meet and are forced to spend the day together walking around NYC. After initial resistance, they slowly open up to
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Director: John Hsu
Starring: Chen Bolin | Gingle Wang | Pai Ching-I | Sandrine Pinna | Soso Tseng
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Alex Ullom
Starring: Akira Jackson | Mitchell Cole | Noah Toth | Phinehas Yoon
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Thibault Emin
Starring: Camille Deveyrinas | Edith Proust | Lika Minamoto | Matthieu Sampeur | Toni d'Antonio
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Joseph Kahn
Starring: Brandon Routh | Harrison Cone | Malina Pauli Weissman
